“Training is for dogs and babies”. Something I’ve been saying for decades – in fact, since the last century. This article reveals our traditional reward and motivation systems are fundamentally flawed. An important read for all L&D practitioners, intranet strategists, gamification designers and performance management strategies.

7 tips for effective mentoring relationships Mentoring, as a professional development strategy, is experiencing a resurgence. In a recent article, published in AITD’s Training & Development magazine – linked below – I discussed some of the traditional models of mentoring, then explored the changing approaches to current practices. I believe it is time to revisit…

Emerging trends in 2015. In 2000 I started researching how social technologies were impacting both the way we approach learning and how we were using these technologies to learn. Since then, a lot has changed and not much has changed at all! A quick glance through the technology options provides a perspective of how enormous advances…

The 6th annual ‘eLearning Movers & Shakers’ list has been published by Bob Little (UK) and reflects the top 10 most influential people in corporate eLearning globally and regionally. 2014 was a turbulent year across many industries and it appears this was also experienced in the corporate eLearning practices. In the APAC region, the rationale…

Presentation from iDesignX2014 19March2014 in Sydney, Australia In the current connected workplace, enterprise social networks are creating a new information landscape where the quantities of content and resources can be overwhelming. In this situation, not only the nature of learning is changing, but also the nature of how work gets done. So, how does a learning…

Cross-posted from the Ripple Effect Group blog. The 5th annual ‘eLearning Movers and Shakers’ list has been published by Bob Little (UK) and reflects the top 10 most influential people in corporate eLearning globally and regionally. As a member of the selection review committee for the APAC region with over 50 nominations, we were very conscious of…